Niel

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animal - mammal - lion - head - vegetation stemming from its mouth - palmette

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph by Gottfried Evers, in in RP.Online [https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/kleve/kranenburg-aufbecken-in-niel-wurde-erst-1965-wieder-entdeckt_aid-47980009] [accessed 30 January 2022]

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human figure - head - 4

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view of church exterior - east view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche St. Bonifatius in Niel, Gemeinde Kranenburg - Ansicht von Osten"

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Image Source: digital photograph 1 September 2007 by MiraculixHB [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_bonifatius_niel2.JPG] [accessed 30 January 2022]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche St. Bonifatius in Niel, Gemeinde Kranenburg, Ansicht von Westen"

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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Seelsorgeeinheit Kranenburg - Niel - Wyler - Zyfflich, 2022

Image Source: digital photograph in the Seelsorgeeinheit Kranenburg - Niel - Wyler - Zyfflich [https://www.kirche-kranenburg.de/glauben-leben/taufe] [accessed 30 January 2022]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the basin of this font was dug up in 1965 from under the floor of the present church [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital photograph by Gottfried Evers, in in RP.Online [https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/kleve/kranenburg-aufbecken-in-niel-wurde-erst-1965-wieder-entdeckt_aid-47980009] [accessed 30 January 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23710NIE
Church/Chapel: Katholische Kirche Sankt Bonifatius Niel
Church Patron Saints: St. Boniface [aka Bonifatius, Winfrith]
Church Location: Kranenburger Str. 3, 47559 Kranenburg, Germany -- Tel.: +49 2826 226
Country Name: Germany
Location: Düsseldorf, Nordhein-Westfalen
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the 504, 5 km N of Kranenburg, 8-9 km NW of Kleve, just S of the border with the Netherlands
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entranceway [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] [composite font], Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan type
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Noted and illustrated in Seelsorgeeinheit Kranenburg - Niel - Wyler - Zyfflich [https://www.kirche-kranenburg.de/glauben-leben/taufe] [accessed 30 January 2022]. Werner Stalder's article Der begrabene Taufstein in RP.Online [https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/kleve/kranenburg-aufbecken-in-niel-wurde-erst-1965-wieder-entdeckt_aid-47980009] [accessed 30 January 2022] reports that the broken up basin of a 13th-century font was dug out in 1965 under the floor of the church; the basin was broken up into several pieces; the base of the font was not found ["Kranenburg Letzte Folge der Serie Taufsteine im Kleverland: Das Taufbecken in Niel wurde erst 1965 bei Ausschachtungsarbeiten unter dem Fußboden der Kirche wieder entdeckt. Es stammt vermutlich aus der ersten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts. [...] Die Besonderheit des Taufbeckens in Niel besteht darin, dass es erst 1965 bei Ausschachtungsarbeiten unter dem Fußboden wieder entdeckt wurde. Bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt wurde ein neugotisches Taufbecken benutzt. Da dieses vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts stammte, wird das mittelalterliche Taufbecken spätestens dann seine Funktion verloren haben. Nachdem es nicht mehr für die Feier der Taufe benutzt worden war, wurde es zwar in mehrere Teile zerschlagen, aber wohl aus Ehrfurchtsgründen nicht als Bau- oder Füllmaterial weiterverwendet, sondern unter dem Fußboden der Kirche sozusagen in geweihter Erde „begraben“. Der ursprüngliche Unterbau des Taufbeckens wurde nicht gefunden. Nach der Wiederentdeckung wurde das Taufbecken sorgsam wieder zusammengesetzt und an seinem heutigen Standort aufgestellt."] Cylindrical basin with human heads at 90-degree angles; the sides between have lion heads with palmette vegetation issuing from their mouths; raised on a modern replacement base: broad central shaft and four angle colonnettes; square lower base. Low-dome metal cover. A communication from Pol Herman to BSI (e-mail of 12 January 2022) adds information from the RP [RP Rheinische Post]: According to Professor Hans Peter Hilger, the carved bluestone donr probably dates from the first half of the 13th century and was imported from the Namur area. In terms of art history, the round baptismal font can be assigned to the so-called Mosan type.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.825556, 6.019083
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 49′ 32″ N, 6° 1′ 8.7″ E
UTM: 32U 294586 5745839

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: metal, copper?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]